• usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    That's just the genre of urban fantasy

    you can't just call any fiction you don't like Isekai. It's not even a bad setup for a genre it's just used as a basis for power fantasy by men with weird ideas about relationships and women a lot.

    for an example of why it's not a genre issue Narnia is technically an Isekai by the proper rules of the genre.

    • GundamZZ [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Narnia is an isekai. Star Wars is isekai. Iron Man is isekai. Mass delusion under treat-hypnosis is inherently isekai-istic. Sorry to spoil your 'fun.'

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Isn't an isekai a story where the protagonist goes from our world to a new magical one. An example would include Celtic stories of the fairy realm.

        also you seem to be condeming storytelling in general as a symptom of capitalism when all evidence points to storytelling being an older aspect of society than agriculture. People have been telling each other stories since the invention of fire

          • Kuori [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            Would it be Isekai if it began with her entering a portal to a parallel universe?

            yeah 100%

            but all that happens in twilight is that the masquerade slips, which places it much more comfortably in urban fantasy

              • Kuori [she/her]
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                3 years ago

                i guess i differentiate between isekai and real-world-but-magical since the former usually involves going elsewhere and the latter involves an unveiling of something that has always existed but in "the real world"

                but i agree that strict genre definitions are silly and i don't really think it's worth putting much thought into